Westphalian sovereignty

Thomas Hobbes Political Philosophy: The Leviathan When you hear the name Thomas Hobbes what comes to mind? Actor, teacher, or Maybe, you’ve never heard the name before. How about a 17th century philosopher with Founding work in political philosophy. He was born in 1588, in Wiltshire, England and Became a highly gifted student who soon attended Oxford. Thomas Hobbes’s first Published work was a translation of the Greek historian Thucydides completed in 1629. He was then…

Authority refers to a type of power which is seen as socially recognised, it also refers to the amount of power which someone or a group have over someone else. Legitimacy is a key concept in authority, it highlights the way in which authority is distinguished from general notions of power. Weber distinguished three different types of authority in the work that he done, the first type of authority was rational legal authority, this is dependant on laws of the state. The second type is…

This is because Parliamentary sovereignty is essentially sovereignty of the government because the government controls Parliament. This is known as an ‘elective dictatorship’, a term coined by Lord Hailsham. This is linked to the ease with which the constitution can be altered, as most of the codified…

In the 17th century, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers who developed beliefs about the nature of man, which influenced their political philosophies and ideas about the social contract between the people and their government. Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans were naturally wicked and selfish. He stated that without a government there would be war with every man against each other and life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Meanwhile, John Locke believed that…

Long live reason and common sense! Long live the Autonomous Republic of Kunigunda (ARK)! What is wrong with the world we live in? Can you imagine a more tolerant and lavish world for everyone, irrespective of someone’s color, form or size, regardless of someone’s god, size of their package and their wishes? The Autonomous Culture Zone of the ARK shall enable all visitors of the 19th Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures to experience exactly that! Free of prejudice, intolerance and emancipated…

or a sufficient security system. Individual colonies each exhibited many aspects of sovereignty, but were not completely self-sufficient, and as a whole the colonies did not have a common goal in mind, meaning they were not united. Colonies such as Massachusetts were close to being sovereign while colonies such as Virginia were more tied to England. However, no single colony exhibited all aspects of sovereignty, as well as the colonies as a whole. Although the colonies in America were not…

Having power over our lives and decisions defines the term, sovereignty. Indigenous sovereignty has many barriers, which prevents Indigenous people from having the right to choose their decisions. Trick or Treaty?, a documentary by Alanis Obomsawin, and Sharing Space and Time, a book by Lee Maracle, includes the barriers to their sovereignty. Indigenous people face many problems, and struggles along the way. From the European settlers until now, First Nations experienced genocide, residential…

Panel of Experts Interview Questions Welcome to Turtle Island the program that discusses the life of the Native Americans. Our goal is to provide enlightenment to people around the world about the Native American people of North America. Today we are privileged to have with us experts on the Sioux Indians for the Great Plains. Welcome …Would you please introduce yourself to the audience……..Thank you…..We will now begin our program with a few questions for our guests.. Buffalo – What was the…

Sovereignty is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies. I do agree that every country can decide what the best interest is for them and their people. I do not agree that believing that the best interest for their country is exterminating a race/religion. When other countries believe that genocide is the best interest for their country, neighboring countries should step in. They are human lives, I understand countries did…

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s comments that “it is time to make each level of government sovereign in its own sphere”, signals that the States of Australia will have greater sovereignty in the future, an unprecedented move that contrasts against the progressive history of centralisation, cooperative federalism and Commonwealth supremacy that began in the latter half of the 20th century and has continued to this day. Within the framework of modern day federalism two issues are pertinent; the…